Common use of Transit Clause in Contracts

Transit. 1. Goods (including baggage), and also vessels and other means of transport, shall be deemed to be in transit across the territory of a Party when the passage across the territory, with or without trans-shipment, warehousing, breaking bulk, or change in the mode of transport, is only a portion of a complete journey beginning and terminating beyond the frontier of the Party across whose territory the traffic passes. Traffic of this nature is termed for purposes of this Article as "traffic in transit". 2. This Article does not apply to the operation of aircraft in transit, but applies to air transit of goods (including baggage). 3. Each Party's formalities, documentation requirements, and customs controls in connection with traffic in transit shall not be more burdensome than necessary to: (a) identify the goods in transit; and (b) ensure that the Party's transit requirements have been met. 4. After a Party has authorized the goods to proceed from the point of entry through a Party's territory, the Party shall not apply customs charges or customs procedures, or conduct inspections, other than those necessary for specific law enforcement purposes under its law with respect to that traffic in transit, until the goods arrive at the point of exit from its territory. 5. Each Party shall provide for advance filing and processing of documentation and data required for transit prior to the arrival of goods. 6. Once traffic in transit has reached the point of exit from the territory of a Party and transit requirements have been met, the Party shall promptly terminate the transit operation. 7. A Party may require a guarantee or other security for traffic in transit, provided the use of the guarantee is limited to ensuring that obligations arising from such traffic in transit are fulfilled. 8. If a guarantee covers a transit operation, a Party shall allow use of a comprehensive guarantee that covers multiple transactions by the same operator. 9. If a Party requires a guarantee for traffic in transit, it shall discharge the guarantee without delay once it determines that its transit requirements have been satisfied. 10. Each Party shall publish information on how it sets the amount of a guarantee for traffic in transit. 11. If a Party limits the time for transiting its territory, it shall ensure that the time it allows is sufficient to accomplish the transit operation. 12. A Party shall not require the use of customs convoys or customs escorts for traffic in transit. 13. Each Party shall allow goods moving in transit to be imported into its territory provided the goods and appropriate information are presented to its customs administration and that the goods fulfil all applicable requirements for release under its law.

Transit. 1. Each Party’s formalities, documentation requirements, and customs controls in connection with traffic in transit shall not be more burdensome than necessary to: a) identify the goods in transit; and b) verify the satisfaction of transit requirements. 2. After goods have been put under a transit procedure and authorized to proceed from the point of entry into a Party’s territory, the Party shall not apply customs charges, formalities, or inspections other than those necessary for specific law enforcement purposes with respect to that transit operation, until the goods arrive at the point of exit from its territory. 3. Each Party shall provide for filing and processing of transit documentation and data prior to the arrival of goods. 4. Once traffic in transit has reached the customs office where it exits the territory of a Party and transit requirements have been met, the Party shall promptly terminate the transit operation. 6 A consular transaction is the procedure of obtaining from a consul of the importing Party in the territory of the exporting Party, or in the territory of a third party, a consular invoice or a consular visa for a commercial invoice, certificate of origin, manifest, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’s export declaration, or any other customs documentation in connection with the importation of the good. 5. A Party may require a guarantee or other security for traffic in transit, provided the use of the guarantee is limited to ensuring that obligations arising from such traffic in transit are fulfilled. 6. Each Party shall make available to the public the methodology it uses to set the amount of a guarantee for traffic in transit, including single transaction and multiple transaction guarantees. 7. Where a Party requires a guarantee for traffic in transit, it shall discharge the guarantee without delay once it determines that its transit requirements have been satisfied. 8. Where a Party limits the time for transiting its territory, the time allowed shall be sufficient to accomplish the transit operation. 9. Each Party shall allow goods in transit to enter its commerce where: a) the goods and appropriate information are presented to its customs authorities for examination; and b) all duties, taxes, and fees are paid or sufficient security is provided. 10. Goods (including baggage), and also vessels and other means of transport, shall be deemed to be in transit across the territory of a Party when the passage across the such territory, with or without trans-shipment, warehousing, breaking bulk, or change in the mode of transport, is only a portion of a complete journey beginning and terminating beyond the frontier of the Party across whose territory the traffic passes. Traffic of this nature is termed for purposes in this Article “traffic in transit.” 11. The provisions of this Article as "traffic in transit". 2. This Article does shall not apply to the operation of aircraft in transit, but applies shall apply to air transit of goods (including baggage). 3. Each Party's formalities, documentation requirements, and customs controls in connection with traffic in transit shall not be more burdensome than necessary to: (a) identify the goods in transit; and (b) ensure that the Party's transit requirements have been met. 4. After a Party has authorized the goods to proceed from the point of entry through a Party's territory, the Party shall not apply customs charges or customs procedures, or conduct inspections, other than those necessary for specific law enforcement purposes under its law with respect to that traffic in transit, until the goods arrive at the point of exit from its territory. 5. Each Party shall provide for advance filing and processing of documentation and data required for transit prior to the arrival of goods. 6. Once traffic in transit has reached the point of exit from the territory of a Party and transit requirements have been met, the Party shall promptly terminate the transit operation. 7. A Party may require a guarantee or other security for traffic in transit, provided the use of the guarantee is limited to ensuring that obligations arising from such traffic in transit are fulfilled. 8. If a guarantee covers a transit operation, a Party shall allow use of a comprehensive guarantee that covers multiple transactions by the same operator. 9. If a Party requires a guarantee for traffic in transit, it shall discharge the guarantee without delay once it determines that its transit requirements have been satisfied. 10. Each Party shall publish information on how it sets the amount of a guarantee for traffic in transit. 11. If a Party limits the time for transiting its territory, it shall ensure that the time it allows is sufficient to accomplish the transit operation. 12. A Party shall not require the use of customs convoys or customs escorts for traffic in transit. 13. Each Party shall allow goods moving in transit to be imported into its territory provided the goods and appropriate information are presented to its customs administration and that the goods fulfil all applicable requirements for release under its law.

Transit. 1. Goods (including baggage), and also vessels and other means of transport, shall be deemed to be in transit across the territory of a Party when the passage across the territory, with or without trans-shipment, warehousing, breaking bulk, or change in the mode of transport, is only a portion of a complete journey beginning and terminating beyond the frontier of the Party across whose territory the traffic passes. Traffic of this nature is termed for purposes of this Article as "“traffic in transit".” 2. This Article does not apply to the operation of aircraft in transit, but applies to air transit of goods (including baggage). 3. Each Party's ’s formalities, documentation requirements, and customs controls in connection with traffic in transit shall not be more burdensome than necessary to: (a) identify the goods in transit; and (b) ensure that the Party's ’s transit requirements have been met. 4. After a Party has authorized the goods to proceed from the point of entry through a Party's ’s territory, the Party shall not apply customs charges or customs procedures, or conduct inspections, other than those necessary for specific law enforcement purposes under its law with respect to that traffic in transit, until the goods arrive at the point of exit from its territory. 5. Each Party shall provide for advance filing and processing of documentation and data required for transit prior to the arrival of goods. 6. Once traffic in transit has reached the point of exit from the territory of a Party and transit requirements have been met, the Party shall promptly terminate the transit operation. 7. A Party may require a guarantee or other security for traffic in transit, provided the use of the guarantee is limited to ensuring that obligations arising from such traffic in transit are fulfilled. 8. If a guarantee covers a transit operation, a Party shall allow use of a comprehensive guarantee that covers multiple transactions by the same operator. 9. If a Party requires a guarantee for traffic in transit, it shall discharge the guarantee without delay once it determines that its transit requirements have been satisfied. 10. Each Party shall publish information on how it sets the amount of a guarantee for traffic in transit. 11. If a Party limits the time for transiting its territory, it shall ensure that the time it allows is sufficient to accomplish the transit operation. 12. A Party shall not require the use of customs convoys or customs escorts for traffic in transit. 13. Each Party shall allow goods moving in transit to be imported into its territory provided the goods and appropriate information are presented to its customs administration and that the goods fulfil all applicable requirements for release under its law.